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he had not seen, especially Egypt.

In mid-February we had just returned from one of our trips out of state, I took a call from a mutual friend from Oconomowoc, a fraternity brother of Royal, though he didn't know him too well...he told me that Royal was dead...but knew no further details other then that he died in Egypt.  I called his younger brother Howard, who himself had just turned over the family farm management to his son. Yes, Royal had died in Egypt, early on he had had a blood clot in his leg, and for this reason always kept himself in good shape...but, against his doctor's advice, he had gone to fulfill his dream of seeing that ancient land and as he stepped aboard a bus, died immediately, on February 8..

His funeral services were over before we had even got the news..

I find it hard to realize that he is not just a phone call away...to not hear him talking in his erudite manner, yet slipping in occasional" yeah sure's" as if he were reasserting his true heritage. His voice, so assuring, so calm, so caring... So vibrant...and now, so still

Farewell my good, good friend.  Farewell

[ Royal J. Voegeli, Esq., UW Law School, Class of 1950, Washington, D.C. formerly of Monticello, WI, Univ. of Minnesota, Ensign, USNR, WWII, Sigma Chi, died Feb. 8, 2001 at Luxor, Egypt. ]

Andrew J. Zafis, Esq.,